The special teams of the Government Railway Police have traced a total of 130 mobile phones belonging to rail commuters and citizens, which were either lost or stolen during the last month, using the Central Equipment Identity Register (C.E.I.R) portal. The recovered phones were handed over to their owners.

The GPR officials in Hyderabad said special teams have been formed all over the Railway Police District for tracing lost or stolen mobile phones of citizens.

They informed that the phones were either stolen during the journey by passengers who were sitting on foot boards or near the window side where they had misplaced their phones, or some thieves snatched them away.

GRP officials requested passengers to be careful about their belongings, and if any mobile phone theft occurs in railway stations, then block their mobile phones with IMEI numbers inthe  CEIR portal immediately by logging in at www.ceir.gov.in. Alternatively, passengers who have lost their mobiles should immediately contact the nearest police station to block the IMEI.